Phil Bennett (racing driver)

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Phil Bennett is an auto racing driver, born 6th October 1971. He appeared on the TV show Faking It helping a young man pretend to be a professional racing driver.

He finished 3rd in the 1999 Renault Spider Cup. In 2001 he joined Team Egg Sport to race a Vauxhall Astra in the BTCC, in the first year of BTC-Touring regulations. Against a thin field he came 4th overall, behind only the other Vauxhalls of Jason Plato, Yvan Muller and James Thompson. For 2002 and 2003 he raced for Proton's unsuccessful factory team. He also made a one-off appearance in the RenaultSport Clio Trophy at Donington in 2002 [1]

He switched to sports cars for 2004, racing in the LMES' GTS Class, finishing 4th in the class. In 2005 he did the Sebring 12-Hour and Petit Le Mans races in the US. In 2006 he won a V8Star race at Donington.